IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

South Africa

Socialist Challenge No. 181, 22 January 1981 · p. 14 of the scan · 154 words

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page 14 of the scan

ШИШИ ritory. It also called for international diplomatic economic isolation of South Africa wherever it acted on behalf of Namibia.

Since then there have been many attempts at a negotiated settlement between SWAPO and South Africa, courtesy of the UN.

The aim is for free elections leading to independence, but although the West and has been willing to make extensive uncessivis racist regime, always backed off.

South Africa has used the negotiations as a delaying tactic, giving those powers which economic interests in South Africa and Namibia an excuse to avoid the immediate im. the latter has The too predictable. per imperialist cluding nave largeR lailu and the whites.

and 1970 decision vemenanon or comprenen sive economic and diplomatic sanctions against the racists pattern of landownership in Namibia is only Forty-three cent of the territory, in. ington. the best agricultural workers deposits, is held by less than per cent of the population

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